Browsing Doctoral Theses by Title
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The Facebooked organisation: a critique of corporate social media in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)The research illustrates that people on Facebook communicate with organizations as though the organisations are people too. Furthermore, organisations induce this behaviour through promotional materials that persuaded the ... -
Facilitating Health Professional Wellbeing Following Critical Incidents: An Action Research Study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)The impact of critical incidents on health professionals and the lack of subsequent support is a concern for me, my colleagues, and the wider service we work in. The aim of this study was to explore how the development and ... -
Factors affecting knowledge-sharing within endurance-sports online communities
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)According to Hur, Ko, and Valacich (2007), the Internet is becoming one of the most important management tools for sports stakeholders (e.g. marketers, sports business owners, and etc.). The number of Internet users has ... -
Factors affecting the optimal sizing of generators and storage in stand-alone hybrid renewable energy system
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)There is a need to provide low cost electric power systems in a number of locations around the world. However, the size and cost of renewable energy generators and storage increase when they are used alone, due to the ... -
Factors influencing the airport customer experience: a case study of Auckland International Airport's customers
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)The aim of this study was to investigate the factors influencing the airport customer experience. Much current research and management effort on airports focuses on efficiency, effectiveness, speed of processing and rankings ... -
Family factors in bilingual children's code-switching and language maintenance: a New Zealand case study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2005)The purpose of this study is to investigate family factors in relation to young Chinese immigrants' code-switching and language maintenance. Specific attention is given to children's code-switching behaviour and how parents ... -
Family influences on Asian youth smoking in the context of culture and migration to New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)The government has an aspirational goal for a smokefree New Zealand by 2025. Low smoking rates among New Zealand Asian youth must be maintained to protect the future health of this growing subpopulation and to contribute ... -
Feasibility Study of a Heat-powered Liquid Piston Stirling Cooler
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)This thesis presents a feasibility study of the proposed liquid piston Stirling cooler or LPSC, which is a 4-cylinder double-acting alpha-type Stirling machine capable of utilising a heat input to produce a cooling effect. ... -
A Feminist-poststructuralist Investigation of the Experiences of Indian Adults in Interethnic Romantic Relationships in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)This inquiry investigated the problematisation of interethnic intimacy in the New Zealand Indian population. In order to comprehensively explore this topic, this inquiry synthesised two disparate bodies of literature. It ... -
Figuring diachrony: ethics before the voice
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)This PhD project engages the fields of contemporary art, performance studies and performance philosophy. It explores participation and the relation of ethics to politics, through performance art works in public places. The ... -
Filimānaia: A Samoan Critique of Standardised Reading Assessment in New Zealand Primary Schools
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)In 2010, I was seconded from my classroom teaching position to work as a facilitator in the implementation of the newly-established National Standards. In this role, I ran in-depth Literacy and Assessment workshops in ... -
The financial impact of cultural diversity on multinational firms
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)This thesis investigates the influence of cultural diversity within U.S. multinational firms on their performance, capital structure, and dividend policy. While existing literature has documented that formal institutions ... -
Financial Services Institutions and Corporate Social Responsibility: on taking a broad versus a narrow view
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)The aim of this thesis is to examine understandings of corporate social responsibility (CSR), motivations for CSR reporting, and the nature of stakeholder engagement in relation to CSR reporting by financial services ... -
Flux Pump Based Field Excitation for a High Temperature Superconducting Synchronous Generator
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)High-Temperature Superconductors (HTS), first discovered in 1986, have proven to be a potential replacement for their low-temperature counterparts, the Low-temperature superconductors (LTS). HTS materials exhibit the ... -
Foot and ankle characteristics associated with falls and falls risk in adults with rheumatoid arthritis
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)The thesis investigated whether foot and ankle characteristics are associated with falls or falls risk in adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A systematic review of the incidence and risk factors for falls in people ... -
Foot-stretcher angle and rowing performance
(Auckland University of Technology, 2004)The rower and coach are challenged with identifying the appropriate skiff setup, technique, and the movement pattern that best fits the rower’s anthropometry and performance level. Limited research has investigated different ... -
Formability of Magnesium AZ80
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)Economical and fuel-efficient vehicles are a current topic of interest worldwide, due to increasing fuel costs and environmental concerns. The most strident demand from various auto-sector stakeholders is to reduce emissions ... -
A framework for generating informative answers for Question Answering systems
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Recent trends in Question Answering (QA) systems have led to a proliferation of studies which have focused on building advanced QA systems which are able to compete with the QA ability of humans. To this effect, a large ... -
Framework for Sentiment Classification for Morphologically Rich Languages: A Case Study for Sinhala
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)This thesis presents a framework for sentiment analysis for morphologically rich languages. Sentiment analysis is the domain of analysing and extracting people’s emotions, feelings, expressions, attitudes and experiences ... -
Framework for the integration of an advanced manufacturing paradigm and methodologies in New Zealand manufacture-to-order SMEs
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)In the early 1990's the Toyota Production System has revolutionised the thinking of manufacturing. Methodologies like Kanban and Single Minute Exchange of Dies are promising cost reductions and productivity increases but ...